Sanseido Kokugo Jiten
The Sanseidō kokugo jiten (三省堂国語辞典, Sanseido's Japanese Dictionary), or the Sankoku (三国) for short, is a general-purpose Japanese dictionary. It is closely affiliated with another contemporary dictionary published by Sanseidō, the Shin Meikai kokugo jiten.
The Sanseidō kokugo jiten has been revised about once a decade.
- 1960, 1st edition
- 1974, 2nd edition
- 1982, 3rd edition
- 1992, 4th edition
- 2001, 5th edition
- 2007, 6th edition
- 2014, 7th edition
- 2021, 8th edition
Japanese
In 1959, Sanseido placed Kenbō in charge of the Sanseidō kokugo jiten, and subsequently put Yamada in charge of the comparatively larger Shin Meikai kokugo jiten (1972 … 2005). The 1st edition Sanseidō kokugo jiten (1960) had 57,000
Emphasizing contemporary usage is one of Sanseidō kokugo jiten's most significant contributions to modern Japanese
The Sanseidō kokugo jiten is known for including neologisms, katakana loanwords, and informal expressions. Tom Gally, a Japanese translator and lexicographer, gives this evaluation:
Like the other Sanseidou dictionaries, this one has a strong contemporary emphasis and shows the influence of its late editor's renowned citation collecting. The entries include many colloquialisms that were missed or ignored by other lexicographers.[2]
References
- ISBN 4385131899.
- ^ Gally, Tom. (1999). Kokugo Dictionaries 国語辞書, review article.
External links
- (in Japanese) 三省堂国語辞典 第8版, Sanseido's homepage for the 8th edition Sanseidō kokugo jiten